BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1997
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No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month 1 COME ON OVER-SHANIA TWAIN-NOVEMBER 3990 2 TRAGIC KINGDOM-NO DOUBT-January 2274 3 SPICE-SPICE GIRLS-May 1956 4 PIECES OF YOU-JEWEL-March 1796 5 SPACE JAM SOUNDTRACK-April 1422 6 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE-HANSON-July 1196 7 BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE-WALLFLOWERS-May 1192 8 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE-Leann Rimes-October 1092 9 NO WAY OUT-Puff Daddy & The Family-August 1012 10 LIFE AFTER DEATH-Notorious B.I.G.-April 834 11 Butterfly-Mariah Carey-October 756 12 The Dance-Fleetwood Mac-September 740 13 Sevens-Garth Brooks-December 730 14 Budizsm-Erykah Badu-February 688 15 Romeo & Juliet-Soundtrack-January 684 16 Unchained Melody-Leann Rimes-February 594 17 Harlem World-Mase-November 580 18 Men In Black The Album Soundtrack-August 574 19 Aquarium-Aqua-October 570 20 Butterfly Kisses-Bob Carlisle-July 542 21 Carrying Your Love With Me-George Strait-May 536 22 The Fat Of The Land-Prodigy-July 520 23 God's Property-God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation-June 518 24 The Preacher's Wife-Soundtrack-January 492 25 Evita-Soundtrack-February 490 26 Ghetto D-Master P-September 450 27 Higher Ground-Barbra Streisand-November 442 28 Everywhere-Tim McGraw-June 412 29 Soul Food-Soundtrack-October 406 30 Share My World-Mary J.Blige-May 406 31 Surfacing-Sarah McLachlan-August 404 32 A Collection Of Hits-Trish Yearwood-September 392 33 Evolution-Boyz/Men-October 354 34 Reload-Metallica-December 340 35 Pop-U2-March 318 36 Art Of War-Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony-August 308 37 Did I Shave My Legs For This?-Deana Carter-January 304 38 Secret Samadhi-Live-March 250 39 Nine Lives-Aerosmith-April 240 40 Wu Tang Forever-Wu Tang Clan-June 228 41 Batman & Robin Soundtrack-July 224 42 Selena-Soundtrack-April 224 43 The Velvet Rope-Janet Jackson-October 220 44 Untouchables-Scarface-March 198 45 Floored-Sugar Ray-August 188 46 Supa Dupa Fly-Missy "Misdemeanor"-August 178 47 Greatest Hits Collection-Brooks & Dunn-October 176 48 Snowed In-Hanson-December 166 49 Gridlock'd Soundtrack-February 162 50 Gang Related Soundtrack-October 154 51 Howard Stern:Private Parts-March 144 52 Flaming Pie-Paul McCartney-June 142 53 When Disaster Strikes-Busta Rhymes-October 140 54 Def Jam's How To Be A Player-Soundtrack-August 128 55 Spawn:The Album-Soundtrack-August 122 56 The Firm The Album-Nas Escobar,Foxy Brown,Az And Nature-November 122 57 R U Still Down?-2 Pac-December 110 58 Be Here Now-Oasis-September 102 59 Bridges To Babylon-The Rolling Stones-October 96 60 LSG-Levert,Sweat,Gill-November 96 61 Transistor-311-August 94 62 Live-Erykah Badu-December 94 63 I'm Bout It-Soundtrack-June 94 64 The 18th Letter-Rakim-November 88 65 EV3-En Vogue-July 86 66 Shaming Of The Sun-Indigo Girls-May 84 67 Tru 2 Da Game-Tru-March 82 68 Waterbed Hev-Heavy D-May 80 69 Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume III-September 78 70 Straight On Til Morning-Blues Traveler-July 78 71 Hourglass-James Taylor-June 78 72 Pure Moods-Various Artists-August 78 73 Still Waters-Bee Gees-May 76 74 Sublime-Sublime-September 70 75 My Best Friend's Wedding-Soundtrack-August 68 76 Live At Red Rocks-Dave Mathews Band-November 56 77 I Got Next-KRS One-June 56 78 Unpredictable-Mystikal-November 56 79 In My Lifetime:Volume I-Jay Z-November 56 80 Generation Swine-Motley Crue-July 54 81 Ultra-Depeche Mode-May 52 82 Lost Highway Soundtrack-March 48 83 Phenomenon-L.L. Cool J-October 48 84 Much Afraid-Jars Of Clay-October 46 85 Behind The Eyes-Amy Grant-September 46 86 Master P.Presents...West Coast Bad Boyz II-Various Artists-February 46 87 The Big Picture-Elton John-October 44 88 Love,Peace & Nappiness-Lost Boyz-June 44 89 Ixnay On The Hombre-Offspring-February 44 90 The Colour & The Shape-Foo Fighters-June 42 91 Cryptic Writings-Megadeth-July 42 92 Time Out Of Mind-Bob Dylan-October 42 93 Take A Look Over Your Shoulder-Warren G.-April 40 94 BBC Sessions-Led Zeppelin-December 38 95 Freak Show Soundtrack-Silverchair-February 38 96 Nothing To Lose Soundtrack-July 38 97 The Ozzman Cometh-Ozzy Osbourne-November 36 98 All That I Am-Joe-August 36 98 1997 Grammy Award Winners-March 34 99 Dig Your Own Hole-Chemical Brothers-April 34 101 Romances-Luis Miguel-August 34 102 Based On A True Story-Mack 10-October 34